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1 Tankah - Sanda Thudhamma
| Issuer | Arakan, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1653 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse likewise presents the entire field covered with multiple lines of Bengali-Arakanese script in a bold, archaic hammered style, closely mirroring the layout of the obverse. Royal epithets and additional titulature of King Sanda Thudhamma are inscribed across the flan, with characters filling the space to the irregular rim. The strike is characteristic of hand-hammered coinage, with slightly uneven depth and flan distortion at the periphery. No decorative border or inner circle is present. The inscription continues the epigraphic tradition of Arakan tankah coinage from the seventeenth century. |
| Reverse script | Bengali |
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| Edge | Plain |
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